Reaching Your Children in an Emergency

Unfortunately, there are times when family emergencies arise and parent/guardians must reach their children immediately. We cannot impress upon you strongly enough the importance of doing so through the office, not through their cell phones. When a student takes devastating news, it should not be in a public place surrounded by other students and teachers. It is far more appropriate for us to find them privacy in the presence of someone who can offer emotional support in the wake of the phone call. Please allow us to help you help your children during these rare but difficult times.

LEADERSHIP DAY

On October 26th, student leaders in 11th and 12th grades attended a Leadership Day hosted by JCC. While there, they participated in workshops by Playfair and presentations by famous people including Aron Ralston (127 Hours), and spoken word poet and hip hop artist, Kane Smego.

As we welcome you to the “Nexgen Parent Portal” provided by E-School Data, we would like to call your attention to several important details.

The “Nexgen Parent Portal” is in its initial offering to schools in New York State this year. E-School Data continues to develop and improve their product every day based on feedback they receive from schools and parents. Coupled with this is the fact that the relationship between CCS and E-School Data is in its infancy. So we have a school that is new to a product paired with a company that is new to providing the service. As such, we are still learning each other’s needs and shortcomings. An advantage to this relationship is that, as E-School Data creates their product, they are extremely responsive to our personal requests.

Because of this, we would like to make sure you realize that as you use the Portal over the remainder of the year, things will change. You may see certain data tomorrow that was not available today. You may wish you could access certain things that are not yet available. Certain features may not be functional now that will be later. We are asking for your patience and understanding as we work through our “growing pains” together, with the knowledge that we will all see improvement as the year unfolds.